Announcements

Shipyard artist Silvia Poloto announces: I've been preparing for several shows and installations, and the first is coming up this Saturday August 7th at Art Ventures in Menlo Park. Also, curator Danielle Wohl interviewed me about my work in the Stanford University collection. Below is more information about the exhibit ...

Shipyard artist Bob Armstrong announces: I have just returned from Montana, where I did a two week artist residency at the Taft NichoIson Center in the remote Centennial Valley by Yellowstone National Park. There were herds of moose, elk and pronghorn antelopes, and trumpeter swans with their young. All hikes ...

Shipyard artist Richard Bolingbroke will unveil a 30-foot "Jazz Mural" at Word. A Cafe in San Francisco's Bayview district on Friday May 21. The brilliantly colored mural wraps around the inside of the cafe's new bandstand created in one of two dining decks built in parking spaces as part of ...

Shipyard artist Nicole Mueller announces: I've recently received a large painting commission to create a series of two giant 17' x 14' works on canvas for a newly renovated building in Washington D.C. and have left my previous job working in career development at California College of the Arts to ...

Shipyard artists Afatasi the Artist, Rhonel Roberts, Malik Seneferu, and Ira Watkins and former Shipyard artist Claudio Talavera-Ballon painted murals on a wall along Evans Ave. and Hunters Point Blvd. approaching Hunters Point Shipyard. The unveiling of the murals Saturday, April 3, was the opening event in a series of ...

An artwork by Kay Kang, "It's a girl!!," was selected by the House of Helmet, a French manufacturer, for their series of art-inspired motorcycle helmets. From the House of Helmet website: "Her Artwork contribution for the House of Helmet It’s a Girl!! speaks to an old Korean tradition for communicating ...

Shipyard artist Elvira Dayel is among the creatives who are collaborating with the House of Helmet Gallery (based in France) to contribute their art to the culture of motorcycle helmets. An artwork is re-created on the full-face helmet. See the post by House of Helmet and Elvıra on her blog ...

News from Silvia Poloto: I have been working hard ...on a book called beauties of nothingness about my wabi-sabi series. [Available on Amazon] "beauties of nothingness is a book about the wabi-sabi series by Silvia Poloto, presented as a conversation. In a series of casual interviews with Jeffrey Goldsmith, the ...

Malik Seneferu is the creative force behind a new street mural on Golden Gate Avenue in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood. The message, "Housing Black," calls attention to the problems of inadequate Black housing and homelessness. He also participated actively as community volunteers with paint rollers and brushes turned his designs ...

Shipyard artist Linda Joy Kattwinkel is also an attorney and will be speaking at the annual Women's Caucus for Art Conference in Chicago February 13-16, 2020. "From Shepard Fairey to Fair Use: What Every Artist Needs to Know About Copyright Law" Friday, Feb. 14, 8:30–10:00 a.m. Columbia College 1104 S. ...

A new mural by Shipyard artist Ira Watkins, the current STAR Artist in Residence, will be unveiled at the historic Shipwright Cottage by the India Basin Neighborhood Association, who fought to save this historic resource that was threatened by severe neglect. Join the San Francisco Department of Recreation & Parks ...

Event: Art Lab: Translating Paint to Pixels with Tesia Blackburn Date and time: Saturday, March 16, 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Location: Apple Union Square 300 Post Street (at Stockton) San Francisco, CA 94108 The store celebrates its Made by Women series with artist Tesia Blackburn. Often inspired by nature and ...

Sun, April 22, 2018 3:30 PM – 6:00 PM PDT Hunters Point Shipyard - Building 101, Studio 2419 San Francisco, CA 94124 - Directions 3:30 pm: Introduction - Marti McKee, Board President, Shipyard Trust for the Arts (STAR) 3:30, 4:15, 5:00, 5:45: Artist Talks with Ira Watkins 3:45 pm: Special ...

Join Shipyard artist Stacey M. Carter this Saturday for a talk about her work at the 2018 San Francisco History Days at the Old Mint Artist Talk:  PRESENT HISTORY: A Visual Documentation of Urban Environment Location: The Old U.S. Mint,  88 5th Street, San Francisco, CA Theatre 2, Vault Level, Vault 1, Carpenter’s Shop Date: ...

A mini-golf course featuring designs by Shipyard artists Susan Spies and Stacey Carter and former Shipyard artist Derek Lynch was unveiled to throngs of delighted neighborhood children and their parents November 11 at the 2017 Bayview Harvest Festival. Sponsored by local nonprofit NOW Hunters Point (link opens in a new ...

A Powerful Life -Changing Evening with PeaceMakers Part of the National Campaign NonViolence Week SFBay Area Featuring Artists, Expressive Arts Therapy Resilience and Advocacy through Creative Arts and Education Saturday September 23, 6pm  Marines Memorial Theatre 609 Sutter Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco http://2017wiserpeacemakers.eventbrite.com TICKETS $19-$40 Like Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search ...

Beth Shannon’s documentary Making the Point gives us a rare look at the largest art colony in the United States. The film tells the story of Jacques Terzian, the Point's visionary founder and how he kept the Point going in the face of political, financial and environmental obstacles.